On Feb 1, 2008 9:46 AM, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bean wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2008 8:24 PM, walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sorry, I gave you incomplete information. I can use 'multiboot' to load > >> the netbsd from any kind of fs, but it makes no difference: 'boot' then > >> causes the machine to reboot instantly. The same applies to aout: I > >> can aout load from any fs, but then 'boot' make the machine hang. The > >> type of fs makes no difference. > >> > >> I can still 'chainload +1' or 'linux' successfully. > >> > >> All of the above applies to the latest grub2 from cvs with your most > >> recent ufs and aout patches applied. > > > > in this case, the ufs driver should be ok. > > > > btw, do you remember to apply the multiboot patch ? you can also make > > a qemu image for me to test. > > Aha! I forgot the multiboot patch :o( Now I can multiboot netbsd from > any filesystem and it 'just works'. Most excellent, thank you! > > Sadly, 'aout /boot/loader' still hangs when I type 'boot'. The loader > is obviously probing the floppy drive because I can hear it seeking just > like it does when the machine reboots. This is not what happens when > /boot/loader is working normally -- it should immediately load the kernel > from the hard disk with no additional hardware probing. > > Let me know if I can give you any more info.
i see, perhaps i need to set %dl properly before jumping to the code. -- Bean _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
